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Dozens killed, injured in twin suicide bomb blasts in central Baghdad 1 minute read
Baghdad, Jan 21 (efe-epa).- At least 28 people were killed after two suicide bombings hit a street market in central Baghdad, Iraq’s Joint Operations Command confirmed Thursday.
According to Iraqi television reports, the Joint Operations Command said that another 73 people were wounded in what was described by the authorities as a “terror attack.”
Spokesman for the Iraqi commander-in-chief Yehia Rasoul said on Twitter that two suicide bombers blew themselves up while they were being pursued by security forces in Bab al-Sharki area in the Iraqi capital.
A security source told Efe on the condition of anonymity that the death toll for the attack that was carried out by an “explosive belt and an improvised explosive device” could still increase, saying that some of the wounded were in critical condition.
Twin suicide bombings at a Baghdad market killed
at least 32 people and injured 110 others on Thursday, according to Iraq s health ministry. Of the injured, 36 are being treated in hospitals.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attacks, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
Two suicide bombers detonated their vests when security forces pursued them through a busy market off Tayaran Square. Witnesses said
the first cried out he was ill, causing a crowd to form around him
in a street off the main square. He then detonated the bomb he wore.
The first attack occurred around 10 a.m. local time, a fruit vendor, Abbas Abdulkareem, told NPR.